2. The Electricity Is Out in Gaza

Around the time that a ground operation in Gaza was announced, electricity turned off in large areas of Gaza. The Israeli Defense Forces have not mentioned turning off the power and, according to Al Jazeera, the reason behind the outage is still vague. Power in Gaza is supplied by the Israel Electric Corp. and reports have emerged over the last few days that the power could be shut off at a moment’s notice.

3. Israel Is Supported by the Navy, Air Force & Surveillance Drones

IDF units including infantry, armored corps, engineer corps, artillery, and intelligence combined with aerial and naval support are involved

In current invasion is supported by the Israeli Air Force, Navy gun ships, surveillance drones, as well as a number ground troop units. The Times of Israel is reporting that the Air Force struck Wafa Hospital in Gaza City, and that the Navy is shelling Gaza harbor.

4. Journalists Have Been Asked to Evacuate the Area

Evacuating from our hotel after order from #Israel following announcement of ground invasion. #Gaza

Tweets from international journalists, including the one above posted by ABC’s Alexander Marquardt, reveal that journalists have been evacuated from their hotels following the beginning of the ground invasion. Other journalists have tweeted that the IDF is also requesting the evacuation in other parts of Gaza, including the coast, raising doubts that the ground invasion’s only objective is the destruction of Hamas tunnels.

#IDF asking international journos to evacuate their hotel on seaside does not exactly correspond with alleged plan to tackle tunnels. #Gaza

5. Over 200 Palestinians & 1 Israeli Has Died

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Over the last 11 days of conflict, Israel and Hamas have exchanged rocket fire producing a vast inequality of casualties, mostly due to Israel’s Iron Dome technology. On Wednesday, one missile strike made international headlines when four Palestinian children were killed while playing soccer on a beach in Gaza. You can read more about that below: